April is Poetry Month, and there’s an abundance of new poetry books for children. Here’s a closer look: Since the post of Children’s Poet Laureate was created several years ago, three people have held ...

On Saturday, poets of every stripe will take to the streets for Philadelphia Poetry Day. Dozens of poets — and would-be poets — will position themselves on stages, on street corners, and in shopping ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly When my sister was in the sixth ...

It is a known fact that classical Persian poets were partial to poetic meters composed of eight feet, known as muthamman. On this topic, however, two issues remain unsolved: How did the Persian poets ...

Bahr is Arabic for “sea” but means “meter” when applied to poetry. Zeina Hashem Beck weaves poems of deep longing that feel like whole worlds. This ghazal, a traditional Middle Eastern/Persian/Indian ...